Onity, a global provider of electronic locking solutions, has taken self serve to the next level. Returning college students don’t have to go to the school’s office to get their new room assignments. If they have a current student ID card, they simply stop by a kiosk and self-register. “Check-in historically has involved a lot […]

Genetec, a provider of physical security, IP video surveillance, access control and license plate recognition systems, announced that it has partnered with HID Global to provide Fargo brand card printing products for Synergis, Genetec’s IP access control solution. Genetec, an OEM development partner of HID Global, will now carry the HID Fargo brand’s full line […]

SALTO Systems access control installations have won awards in the 2008 Building of the Year contest for the projects in Bulgaria at the Hotel Metropolitan-Sofia and the Park Hotel Pirin-Sandanski. The Hotel Metropolitan-Sofia won the category for the best Business Hotel and the Park Hotel Pirin-Sandanski won the category for the best Holiday Hotel. The […]

Adirondack Solutions Inc., a Bridgewater, N.J. software provider for colleges, is offering a dedicated button on its software configuration panel for PERSONA-powered locksets making it easier to integrate the card reader locking system into a campus run by Adirondack’s housing management software. The PERSONA and Adirondack software are interfaced together, eliminating the need for the […]

The initial phase of the Israeli smart card system that will identify commercial and general aviation aircraft flying into the country will launch in April, according to a Flightglobal.com news report. At first all general aviation pilots approaching Israeli airspace will have to identify themselves using the system and the program will be rolled out […]

The United States Coast Guard has chosen Datastrip, a developer of mobile biometric tools, to supply them with as many as 300 handheld authentication devices as part of a $300 million contract to get the Coast Guard compliant with the Transportation Security Administration’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program, according to a TMC Net article. […]

Washington-based campus card provider Blackboard Inc. says some 14 colleges, universities and K-12 institutions, have selected the Blackboard campus commerce and security management platform. These institutions have joined hundreds of others which have signed up for campus ID card technology, on- and off-campus payment solutions, facility access control and other security solutions. Some of the […]

TransCore, a unit of Roper Industries, announced its TWIC hand-held reader, has received Transportation Security Administration authorization for use in security clearance of personnel accessing the nation’s ports as part of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program. The reader was developed with DAP Technologies, a Roper Industries company that produces ruggedized handheld computers, and CoreStreet, […]

Campus card provider CBORD and its partner, NICE Systems, has ramped up security at Montana State University with installation of an integrated video surveillance system designed to proactively improve the security of its residence halls while increasing the responsiveness of its housing security teams. Along with the NiceVision solution, the Bozeman school has purchased 42 […]

The European Payments Council, the European banking industry’s coordination and decision-making body, has released a series of ATM anti-skimming recommendations for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). The suggestions include changing ATM card readers to prevent the attachment of skimming devices and measures to jam or disturb skimming devices. The EPC also suggests installation of […]